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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2026 · 36 MIN

4 Part Framework to Secure Startup Funding

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Most founders pitch the wrong metrics while $200 billion flows into AI startups annually. Vijay Rajendran, author of #1 Amazon bestseller "The Funding Framework" and venture builder at gAI Ventures, breaks down why fundraising feels harder despite abundant capital. He reveals the four-part system that shifts founders from pitching to partnering, why retention metrics will expose vanity user counts, and how inference costs are crushing margins for AI companies that don't understand their unit economics.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Dissect why most AI founders pitch vanity metrics instead of retention with venture builder at gAI Ventures, Vijay Rajendran.

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